Improvement in cooking-stoves



WILLIAM C. DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

Letters .Patent No. 69,902, dated October 15, 1867. Y

IMPROVEMENT' IN COOKING-STOVES.

To WHoM rr MAY ooNoERN= Be it known that I, WiLLIAM Cr DAVIS, of Cincinnati, of Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cooking-Stoves; *and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the following drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention consists in the provision, underneath a customary cast-iron cooking-stove, of a base or pedestal, which, besides serving to support the stove proper more securely than the customary logs can do, utilizes a space now; worse than useless, because a 'receptacle for dust, and so forth, the said base or pedestal being provided 'with a suitable door or doors, so' as to form a close chamber or closet, adapted to conserve the heat radiating from the stove-bottom proper at the part where it is needed most, and fromv which in the ordinary arrangement it is lost, and to form a convenient receptacle for keeping victuals warm and fr'ec from dust, drying fruit, kindling, etc., warming plates for the table, raising` dough, and so forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a common portable cooking-stove, supported on my improved base or pedestal.

Figure 2 is a transverse Section of the base or pedestal and a portion of the superincumbent stove proper.

Figure 3 is a transverse section showing a modification. p

Figure 4 is a perspective view of :myf'basc or pedestal detached.

vA represents., the stcvevpi-'opei-,provided with customaryl descending and reverted fines a a. In place of the customary legs I support the stove proper on a base or pedestal, B, whose sides, O, preferably of cast iron, are suitably interlo'cked or otherwise secured together', and are also interlocked with the stove proper by means of suitableilanges or projections, D.l The floor or bottom E may be of cast or .wrought iron or other metal, or even of wood, as F, iig. 2, or of tile. When of metal the plates may be secured by ledges H and lugs I, (see tig. 3,) in the usual way of securing horizontal plates of stoves. When the bottom is of wood (see iig. 4) its lower surface may be iiush with the lower edges of Vthe pedestal, and its upper surface may be covered with a sheet, Gr, of zinc, tinned iron, or other sheet metal, secured by wood-screws g, figs. 1 and 2. One or more of the sides C has openings c, closable by doors J, whose pivots ,7" occupy sockets K provided in the said sides, or the doors may be hinged tothe said sides in any customary manner.

Among a number of obvious advantages of my pedestal the following may be cited: The stove is supported much more securely than it` ever is by the ordinary legs, which are liable to be dislodged or broken by the impact of brooms, fire-wood, and so forth. Instead of a useless and troublesome harbor for dirt and vermin the space under the stove is made valuable for several purposes. The heat is retained in that part of the bakingn oven most subject to be suddenly cooled. Without taking up any additional room the closet B aiiords a convenient appliance for keeping meat and other edibles warm and free. from dust and prowling animals, for raising dough and battetgwarming plates and dishes for the table, drying fruit, kindling, etc. It also serves to protect the floor `of the room from the heat radiating from the stove-bottom proper.

To rccapitulate: the described `base or pedestal serves the purpose of feet, forms a support more safe and permanent than feet; utilizes space and heat under the stove, heretofore wasted; prevents accumulation of dirt under the stove; forms aconvenient receptacle for keeping-victuals warm and fr'eefrom dust, drying fruit, warming plates for the table, raising bread, etc.; is warmed by the heat radiated from the bottom of the stove, and which, being thus retained, facilitates baking.

'Ihc warming-ovenv may be made with. wooden bottom, or awooden bottom covered with metal, or a metallic bottom. The bottom E of the closet serves to prevent the undue escape of heat' from the under part of the stove proper, and to protect the oor of the room or apartment from becoming warped or scorched by said heat. It also protects the closet from dranghts, dust, eiiluvia, Ste., arising from the oor. A cooking-stove thus constructed takes up n'o more room than one of the common form.

I have selected to yillustrate my improvement a formsuccessfiilly adopted by mc, but various modifications are obviously possible without departing from the essential features of' the invention; to Wit, a warming-chamber y is provided with suitable door or doors and a door, and underneath the stove proper, and devoid of flue or other communication therewith, which chamber serves as the sole s upport of the stove proper; for example, the sides of the base or pedestal may be formed o' continuations of the stove sides, or by projections from the bottom plate thereof.

I am aware that n. warming-space or enclos-nie umler a stove is old, and therefore make no claim to such broadly, but such have been einher merely inaccessible hot-nir jackets, or, where accessible, have lacked either a. floor or enclosing doors.

I claim herein ns new, and of my invention- The base or pedestal B, forming :i completely-enclosed closet or elnmlber, having one or more doors, J, zu floor, E, and interlocking flanges D, nnfl being ml-.iptewl to take the place of the custonmry logs or feet of' :Ln ordinary cast cooking-stove` as Set forth.

In testimony of which invention lherennto .set my hand.

W. C. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

GEO. 1I. KNIGHT, JAMES H. Lwmn 

